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dishes up

dishes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dish up.

Meaning of dish up

Verb

dish up (third-person singular simple present dishes up, present participle dishing up, simple past and past participle dished up)

  1. (transitive) To serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To produce for an audience.
    • The writers are dishing up more of the same with this bland suburban sitcom.
  3. (dated, transitive) To beat up.

Questions about dishes up

What is dishes up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dishes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dish up.

Words near dishes up in the dictionary

  1. dishers
  2. dishes
  3. dishes off
  4. dishes out
  5. dishes the dirt
  6. dishes up
  7. dishesful
  8. dishevel
  9. disheveled
  10. disheveledly
  11. disheveledness

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